We had a fabulous day today at the Open Air Museum.

We have learned so much about homes in the past and were rather surprised by some discoveries. No electricity, no toilets and no windows! The Tudors must have been very chilly!

Children be sure to share your learning with your families. Can anyone remember that saying …’night, night, don’t let the…..’ Where does it come from and what does it mean?

Why did the Tudors keep herbs in their beds?

Who stayed at school until they were 13?

How were the houses built?

How were they similar to our homes today?

How were they different?

Which animal helped to make clay bricks for the homes?

What did the Tudors drink?

What else did you learn?

And now Mrs. Allen’s assembly to look forward to!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Luter and Mrs. Allen

Today we had a visit from Hampshire Fire Rescue Service. They have taught us lots about how to keep ourselves and our homes safe and the children have a job that they  need to do tonight!

Thank you all so much for your most generous donations for CAFOD. We raised about £107 today which means that with the ‘UK AID MATCH’ year 1 alone have raised at least £214.

This afternoon we learned about what CAFOD will do with our money. It will really help the people who live in Myanmar who suffered a terrible cyclone in 2008. We talked to the children about how they could help look after their planet and one of their favourites was to make sure lights, and other electricity that is not being used is switched off.

Almsgiving is one of the things that we can do during Lent to get closer to God. We have also made Lenten promises today and thought about how we can be more like Jesus. After talking about Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday this week we thought it was only right that we shared some pancakes!

Thank you again,

Have a lovely weekend!

Homes Spring 2015

Hello,

We hope that you all had a fun filled half term it certainly seems so from the stories that we have heard this week. Rock climbing? Wow! So many of you seem to have experienced this sport this half term.

It seems that the children have returned to school really ready to learn and we have been delighted with all areas of their learning this week already. It is clear that you work so hard at home with your children so thank you and please keep it up. The children are keen to progress in their learning.

This Lent we will be supporting CAFOD as a school and raising money to increase awareness and support for people particularly affected by climate change. We will be thinking about how we can become better at looking after the world that God created. We have taken some really thoughtful ideas from the children today about how they could earn some money to bring to school this Friday. We will then be making our Lenten promises together. We will be thinking about the meaning of Lent and eating some pancakes!

The children suggested that they could raise some money to donate to our pancake event. They thought that they could wash up to earn some money, tidy up, put away shoes and coats, feed animals, polish shoes. Following a whole school collective worship one girl suggested that she could try her mums roast dinner that she usually refuses to eat!

We obviously would like to raise as much as possible for CAFOD and are delighted that the government will match every penny that we raise to donate. An excellent opportunity for some maths learning!

Thank you for all your support, be sure to find some photos here soon!

Shortly to follow – our new context home learning suggestions!

Mrs Luter

Well, didn’t we have a suprise this morning? The alien sent us a letter saying that we could have our toys back! So we left our parachutes for him to collect to give to the toys. They used the parachutes and the cars that we made this week to escape. So this afternoon we planned a party to celebrate.

The children have worked really hard this half term we are proud of all their achievements. We are looking forward to next half term and a new context.

Have a fabulous half term and a well deserved rest!

Hello and thank you to all the parents who came to our maths session in school on Tuesday. We hope that you enjoyed finding out a little about what your children are learning in school.

On Monday morning we were entertained by the ‘Equation’ dance group. I am sure the children will show you some of the moves that they learned.

This morning we made 2d shape puzzles for the children to play with their friends. This afternoon we had some fun with fractions and pizzas!

We are looking forward to the ‘Hobgoblin Theatre’ on Friday for more fun learning in maths!

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs. Luter and Mrs. Allen

Hello!

We are really looking forward to our maths week next week. We have a dance group in on Monday which the children are very excited about. How will we learn maths through dance?

Match boxes have started to come in. Don’t forget they need to be in by Monday and the children will need them on that day for their maths learning.

We are looking forward to welcoming you on Tuesday for our parents’ maths session from 9.15 until 10.30. You can go to the hall from dropping your children off for a chat and a coffee.

There will be an arty maths day on Wednesday when we will be looking at shapes, creating puzzles, developing symmetrical patterns and looking at fractions.

To finish the week off we will be watching a maths theatre! Oh and don’t forget it’s maths dress up day on Friday! How creative will you dare to be?

We very much look forward to seeing you and letting you know next week how our week has been.

Mrs. Luter and Mrs Allen

We have been busy trying to find out what has happened to our classroom toys! We have not yet had any responses to our ‘missing posters’ but we are very hopeful.

The children are feeling rather upset that they have not seen the toys for some time and are in the middle of writing letters to the alien who we suspect may have taken them!

Thank you to all of the parents that came to our year group liturgy. We were very proud of the children and it was lovely that Father Vitalis could join us.

This Friday the children will be sharing their home learning with a friend from the other class so please ensure that the children have their diaries and adventure books in school.

Please continue to support your children in accessing Bug Club and Abacus. Both continue to make a real impact on the children’s learning and experience in school.

Enjoy the end of the week and have a restful weekend.

Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Luter

Spring Term Home Learning Adventure Pyramid – Toys

Home Learning will be reviewed every FRIDAY, so please ensure that your books are in school and you have something to share.

Evaluate
• How have toys changed over the years?
• Interview your mum , dad, grandparents etc.

Create
• Create a new toy using any materials you can find.
• Create a poster to advertise it.
• Crete an advert with you and your toy as the stars!

Analyse
• Produce a bar chart about your families favourite toys.
• Draw and compare a modern day toy with an older toy.

Apply
• Create a fact sheet or leaflet about what you have found out.
• Create instructions for how to make a toy (look at create section).
• Write instructions about how to play a game or use a toy.

Understand
• Find out about how a particular toy is made.
• Find out about the history of a particular toy.

Remember
• Draw your favourite toy. Who gave it to you? Where was it made?
• Why is it your favourite toy?

REMEMBER TO START AT THE BOTTOM AND WORK YOUR WAY UP!

REMEMBER! How you present your work is very important.

We will look forward to sharing their home learning.

Have a good weekend.

Mrs Luter and Mrs Allen